Re: [PATCH] selinux: move user accesses in selinuxfs out of locked regions

[Paul Moore]

On Tue, Jun 26, 2018 at 8:15 AM Stephen Smalley <sds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 06/25/2018 12:34 PM, Jann Horn wrote:
> > If a user is accessing a file in selinuxfs with a pointer to a userspace
> > buffer that is backed by e.g. a userfaultfd, the userspace access can
> > stall indefinitely, which can block fsi->mutex if it is held.
> >
> > For sel_read_policy(), remove the locking, since this method doesn't seem
> > to access anything that requires locking.
> >
> > For sel_read_bool(), move the user access below the locked region.
> >
> > For sel_write_bool() and sel_commit_bools_write(), move the user access
> > up above the locked region.
> >
> > Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Fixes: 1da177e4c3f4 ("Linux-2.6.12-rc2")
> > Signed-off-by: Jann Horn <jannh@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Only question I have is wrt the Fixes line, i.e. was this an issue until userfaultfd was introduced, and if not,
> do we need it to be back-ported any further than the commit which introduced it.

Considering we are talking about v2.6.12 I have to wonder if anyone is
bothering with backports for kernels that old.  Even the RHEL-5.x
based systems are at least on v2.6.18.

Regardless, I think this is fine to merge as-is; thanks everyone.

> Otherwise, you can add my
> Acked-by: Stephen Smalley <sds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

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